Drivetrain malfunction while driving

[Qisl]

When recently driving to work my SE stalled out with a drivetrain malfunction. I was too flustered in traffic to take a picture. The car restarted and proceeded without issue. The dealership found a fault in the EME. Corporate was consulted. Diagnosis involved fully depleting the battery to 0%, and then charging to 100%. The issue was resolved with a software update (programming encoding control unit).

I have been driving my U25 SE while my F56 SE was being worked on. The cloud of darkness that had been hovering over me this past week lifted as soon as I started driving the Cooper. The Countryman is a nice car, but the nimbleness of the Cooper is wonderful to experience.

(My Cooper is a 2023 Iconic. Its factory warranty is up in January. The repair was covered under warranty. It has roughly 23k miles on it.)

 

[MacMini34]

Interesting. As modern cars become software driven we may see more of this. What is an EME?

Was this similar to some program on a computer crashing badly where the solution is to delete then reinstall the software? You say "software update" which would imply improved software. Or was it a case of overwriting software that had developed a glitch? Either way, we will be at the mercy of dealers and their exorbitant prices for these fixes.

I have a 2019 Schwaben BMW/MINI specific scanner that I haven't tried on the SE yet but my friend borrowed it for his 2021 BMW X3 and it wasn't capable of releasing his parking brake as he needed for pad replacement. Looks like the ability to DIY is diminishing.